The Underground of Happiness

Music from several acts playing in Cork/Ireland soon on this week's show (hopefully they won't need a boat to get here). Julia Kent's sublime, intense cello instrumentals; Band of Clouds with some gorgeous shoegazey dream pop; Rebecca Collins (from The Unusual History of Ether, pic) with a lovely solo acoustic release; and Crayonsmith from their Milk Teeth album of last year. Land Lovers are issuing a split album with windings shortly. Jacques Caramac just being superb as usual. Great wonky pop (bit of ska in there) from Piper's Son . And Dean Wareham , whose debut solo album is due out soon. The man is a legend. Feb 4 2014 show w/ Julia Kent,Koen Holtkamp,Band of Clouds,Jacques Caramac,Crayonsmith++ by Theundergroundofhappiness on Mixcloud The Underground of Happiness uplifting pop music of every creed www.theundergroundofhappiness.blogspot.com www.facebook.com/theundergroundofhappiness Playlist 297 Tues Feb 4 2014 11.00am-12.00pm (...

Let's start by mentioning something glorious in the middle of the show, Band of Clouds (pictured), and the opening song from their new album Appear to float . Great to hear from them again. Another beautiful Daniel Johnston cover from Adrian Crowley & James Yorkston upcoming album; some Lee Hazlewood deep + soulful country lounge; and a Go Betweens classic from 1982, 'Dusty in here' sounds as good today. Some bonkers funk from Connan Mockasin , some bonkers folk from Dan Haywood (with birdsong) and the sublime piano meditations of Angele David-Guillou . Plus Dublin band Tin Charm , bringing plenty of charm, melody and heart to some fuzzy Dinosaur Jr-esque guitar rock. Nov 26 2013 show w/ Go Betweens,Connan Mockasin,Band of Clouds,Angele David-Guillou,Jacques Caramac+ by Theundergroundofhappiness on Mixcloud The Underground of Happiness uplifting pop music of every creed www.theundergroundofhappiness.blogspot.com www.facebook.com/theundergrou...

The Underground of Happiness uplifting pop music of every creed www.theundergroundofhappiness.blogspot.com www.facebook.com/theundergroundofhappiness Playlist 204 Tues Jan 17 2012 11.00am-12.00pm (repeated on Tuesdays 8.30pm) UCC 98.3FM listen live on the web at www.ucc.ie/983fm *listen back to this show here https://rapidshare.com/files/3707911098/The_Underground_Of_Happiness_Jan_17_2012.m4a Playlist Josh T. Pearson - Woman, when I've raised hell (alternate version) (Best of 2011) *d'load an interview with JTP from 2011 here: http://theundergroundofhappiness.blogspot.com/2011/05/josh-t-pearson-interview.html The Lost Brothers - The goodbye kid ( playing Workman's Club, Dublin, Jan 27, on Certain Three Tour, w/ Katie Kim & Puzzle Muteson, plus other venues ) Frankie Rose - Know me Milagres - Here to stay Band of Clouds - No maps no compass Charlotte Gainsbourg - Out of touch A Winged Victory for the Sullen - Steep hills of Vicodin tears (Best o...

Meet Waterford-based but Cork-born John Haggis , and an album made with friends (including one Katie Kim and Richard from House of Cosy Cushions ) at his Granny It’s OK to Experiment studio in the south-east of Ireland during a period of recovery following an operation. No maps no compass is a great wall of sound to start, with beautiful shoegazey vocals offset by a heavily filtered trumpet, and drumbeats tripping over themselves. So long Bitter Root Hill features a circling Spanish guitar figure, followed by a fantastic deep-sea rumble of a bass underneath a lost, echoing voice. The great silence of snow transforms a simple plucked banjo and spoken word recitation into a looping vocal refrain with cinematic backwash of uplifting and epic proportions. Another haunting male falsetto adorns the brooding closer Happy endings (tending to put one in mind of Luke Temple from Here We Go Magic a little). Stitched throughout the album are bits of film dialogue, harmonicas, violins, b...